2 THE FLYING CAT

CHAPTER 2 THE FLYING CAT If you're like most of our readers, you're probably wondering where we get all the ideas for our books from. Well, sometimes we think them up. Other times they are based on stuff that actually happened. Like this book for instance. It all started one morning when I got up and went down to get some breakfast.

如果你和我们的大多数读者一样，你可能想知道我们所有的书的灵感都来自哪里。 有时候是我们自己想出来的。 其他时候，它们是基于实际发生的事情。 比如这本书。 这一切都要从一天早上我起床下楼去吃早饭说起。

Are you penguins mocking me? Terry was already in the kitchen. He was painting a cat. And when I say "painting a cat," I don't mean he was painting a picture of a cat. He was painting an actual cat! Bright yellow!

你们这些企鹅在嘲笑我吗？ 特里已经在厨房里了。 他在画一只猫。当我说“画一只猫”的时候，我并不是说他在画一只猫。 他在画一只真正的猫！明亮的黄色!

"This might be a stupid question, Terry," I said, "but why are you painting that cat bright yellow?" "Because I'm turning it into a canary," he answered.

“这可能是一个愚蠢的问题，特里，”我说，“但你为什么要把那只猫涂成明黄色？”“因为我要把它变成一只金丝雀，”他回答。

Up Cloud Down I started to explain to Terry that you can't turn a cat into a canary just by painting it yellow but he said, "Yes, you can—watch this!" and carried the dripping cat to the edge of the deck. "No!" I yelled, as Terry held the cat out in mid- air...and let it go. But I needn't have worried. The cat didn't fall. Two little wings popped out of its back, and then it tweeted and flew away.

我开始向特里解释，光把猫涂成黄色是不能把它变成金丝雀的，但他说：“是的，你可以看！”然后把那只滴水的猫抱到甲板边上。 “不!”当特里把猫举到半空中时，我喊道……让它去吧。 但我不必担心。 猫没有掉下来。两只小翅膀从它的背上跳出来，然后它啾啾着飞走了。

"See?" said Terry, turning to me in triumph. "I told you so!"

“看到了吗？”特里得意地转向我说。 “我早就告诉过你！”

THE DAY TERRY TVRNED A CAT INTO A CANARY

特里把猫变成金丝雀的那天